WBC Holiday Piehole Pie Baking Contest!
6PM – 9PMWaverly Brewing Company1625 Union Ave, Baltimore
Join us Monday, Dec. 19th @ 6PM to find out whose holiday pie reigns supreme! Our carefully screened panel of celebrity judges will pick the top 3 of 10 entries for fabulous prizes. Entry is free but limited to 10 total so giddyup and sign up here. Word has it that our judges like being bribed with stuff like cookies and the weirder the pie, the better!

Degenerate Matter Vol.4: Descent to the Underworld
7PM – 10PMThe Windup Space12 W North Ave, Baltimore
A night of dead poets in performance. Winter is coming and no amount of holiday cheer can mask the fact that it is the season of death, when Persephone returns to the underworld and the earth grows barren and cold, so join us as we too descend to the underworld to resurrect a few dead poets to warm and nourish the living.
How to participate:
Find a poem by a dead poet, memorize it if you like or just bring it along and read it as if your life depended upon it. (Normally we memorize the poems we perform, but since we are performing in the underworld this time we decided it would be appropriate to break the rules.)
Sign up: comment below with the name of the poet you are performing.Or just come and watch. It’s free! This edition of Degenerate Matter will feature Analog Players performing Ovid’s version of the Rape of Proserpina from Metamorphoses.

Mr. Boh’s 2nd Annual Holiday BOHzaar
7PM – 2AMBad Decisions701 S Bond St, Baltimore
Please join Natty Boh and our family at National Bohemian Beer on the evening of Dec 19th at Bad Decisions bar in Fells Point to celebrate National Bohemian’s 2nd annual Holiday Boh-zaar! Admission is free, no tickets or invitations needed, and the event is open to the public this year for anyone 21 or older only. We request that donations of non-perrishable canned goods & unused toys be brought that night for collection to benefit local area families in need. There may be a few holiday surprises for industry folks that have worked so hard for Mr. Boh this year- so please join us to celebrate our loyal customer appreciation! And for anyone trying to make a last minute jump from the Naughty to Nice List, remember- if you can’t give your loved ones crabs for Christmas, give them National Bohemian Beer!

Nate Hook Jam Session
7:30PM – 9PMAn die Musik409 N Charles St, Baltimore
As a resident of Baltimore, Nate studied with Gary Thomas and earned a performance degree from the Peabody Conservatory. He has worked in recent years with Ralph Peterson, Alex Norris, Paul Bollenback, and Bob Butta, just to name a few. In the spring of 2016, Nate played bass clarinet in Gary Thomas’ “Pariah’s Pariahs” ensemble, a recording of which will be available later this year. Nate also plays bagpipes, as did John Coltrane — a little-known fact about each. Admission: $10 adults/$5 full-time students with ID.

Seen & Heard Creative Open Mic Hosted by Michele McTierney
7PM – 9PMHotel RL Baltimore Inner Harbor by Red Lion207 E Redwood St, Baltimore
The Seen & Heard Creative Open Mic is a bi-monthly showcase of music and art hosted by Michele McTierney. All musicians and artists are welcome to perform and display their music and art. All kinds of art and music genres are welcome, visual arts, performing arts, music, spoken word, poetry/short stories, comedy and more. The mission of this event is to serve real music and art by home-grown up-and-comers spanning all arts. The show provides a safe haven to receive feedback on their work and live performance, as well as provide an opportunity to network, share and learn from fellow artists and music industry experts. Admission is free.
Show starts at 7:00pm. There are no reserve spots or pre-booking. Spotsare granted on a first come-first serve basis. The sign-up sheet is available starting at 6:30 pm and each performer/artist can perform/present up to two (2) songs/works or 10 mins (whichever is less). Visual artists can discuss their work and inspiration and/or create a visual piece in front of a live audience. All performers are welcome to bring their merchandise to sell at the event. Whether you are just starting out, are an established artist, industry expert or just an art and music enthusiast, come out to support local talent and experience the amazing creativity of Baltimore!

Stocking Making with Becky Jane Sews
7PM – 9PMR. House301 W 29th St, Baltimore
Sew your own stocking using vintage fabric of your choice with Becky Jane Sews. No experience needed. Tickets include all supplies, drinks & snacks. Becky Jane Harrington studied pattern making & design at Apparel and Arts in San Francisco. She designs most of her garments, or reconstructs a vintage pattern. She focuses on vintage and ethical fabric & designs, women’s and children’s wear, as well as accessories and home items.Buy Tickets Here

Latin Night At Ikaros w/ Juan Mejia & The Latin Zone Ladies!
8PM – 12:30AMIkaros Restaurant4901 Eastern Ave, Baltimore
Sentimiento Dance Co. & Rueda de Casino Baltimore present to you another great night of dancing at IKAROS!!! This Monday night, we’ll have the one and only Juan Mejia in the house teaching an awesome BACHATA class from 8-9pm! If you haven’t taken a class with Sentimiento before and you’re looking to really learn how to dance bachata, you definitely don’t wanna miss this class! After the class, DJ Brandon B will be in the house on the wheels of steel giving you the hottest mix of salsa, bachata, merengue, cha cha and a splash of Kizomba! And just when you thought the night couldn’t get any better, we’ll have Josmarly Cordero’s Latin Zone Ladies Team performing for your pleasure! So make sure that you come out to show them support and cheer them on! NO COVER CHARGE, Great drinks with Greek cuisine (kitchen closes at 10pm) free parking and only 18+ to enter! We dance and dance and dance and… well, you get the picture!

Wine Tasting at Christmas Village together with Boordy Vineyards
4PM – 6PMChristmas Village in Baltimore501 Light St, Baltimore, Maryland
Christmas Village in Baltimore is hosting Wine Tastings in cooperation with the well-known Maryland Winery, Boordy Vineyards, every Monday and Wednesday from 4-6pm. Get a ticket online and enjoy a classy evening with fine wines, cheese and pretzel snacks. As a memento you get a take-home Boordy Vineyard wine glass, a ticket for a tasting tour at the vineyard and a season pass for the Christmas Village 2016 to come back and stroll the market for free as often as you want to.
The whole wine tasting package offers the following:
* Four wine samples
* Cheese plate and pretzel snackes
* One take-home Boordy Vineyard wine glass
* $5 credit towards a 4 bottle wine package
* One Christmas Village Holiday Pass 2016
* One ticket for a wine tour and tasting at Boordy Vineyards
* Exclusive seating within the Hofbrau Beer Garden

Tuesday, December 20

Feast of the 7 Fishes
5PM – 9PM 12/20-12/24AGGIO Baltimore614 Water St, Baltimore
The Feast of the Seven Fishes is part of the Italian-American Christmas Eve celebration. Christmas Eve is traditionally a fasting day, and the abundance of seafood reflects the tradition of abstinence from red meat until the actual feast of Christmas Day itself. You don’t want to miss our feast priced 4-courses $45. Call or visit our website to make reservation.

Jimmy’s Toys For Tots Gala!
7PM – 11PMJimmy’s Famous Seafood6526 Holabird Ave, Baltimore
Our biggest and grandest fundraiser of the year is back for the 8th and greatest installment! We have broken every record in state history for most toys collected, and will surely topple it again this year! Enjoy an evening of premium open bar, a gourmet consisting of the finest food in America, celebrity appearances, games, raffles, entertainment, and so much more! Tickets are only $50 each, and will benefit The Jimmy Minadakis Greater Glory Scholarship at Loyola Blakefield, which helps send young men who otherwise couldn’t afford tuition, to one of the most prestigious schools in the area. You must also bring at least one new and unwrapped toy, which will be picked up by The United States Marines, and delivered to thousands of children throughout the community!Buy Tickets Here

Protean Records Holiday Idle Hour Take Over
8PM – 2AMIdle Hour201 E Fort Ave, Baltimore
DJ’s Craven and The Fatman will be spinning vinyl at Idle Hour on The 20th of December. We will be spinning rock, soul, metal and funk. We will also be featuring holiday music as well.

Christmas Themed Charity Bartending Competition
4PM – 2AMEl Bufalo Tequila Bar & Kitchen2921 Odonnell St, Baltimore
I’m making a list… more like a book.. for you to read. Now be NICE, and read it so you can be NAUGHTY later and enjoy it. Get all your friends together and Wear your best, craziest Christmas outfits for CHARITY! Help us raise $3,000 for inner city kids to buy books through celebrating a holiday themed bartending competition with RAFFLES AND CONTESTS for PRIZES, with proceeds being donated to the local charity organization BOOK OF OPPORTUNITY. ALL COSTUMES WELCOMED, RAFFLES AND CONTESTS WILL TAKE PLACE FOR THE FOLLOWING:
Ugliest Sweater Group Picture
Funniest Holiday Outfit
Best Overall Holiday Outfit
Most Facebook Likes of A Group Pic
(All rounds directly support your Bartending team of choice through point value)
We will also be doing $5 Polaroid pictures and $5 raffle tickets for Christmas gifts with
100% of all raffle proceeds, contest proceeds, and auction proceeds going DIRECTLY to support the children In need through BOOK OF OPPORTUNITY.
Yes there will be a CHARITY DATE AUCTION of Baltimore’s finest LADIES and GENTLEMEN. All ladies and gentleman up for auction TBA 1 week before competition (Tuesday December 13th). Bid for your one chance to meet her/him under the mistletoe.
Special guest bartenders will compete for $1000 to help their own holiday budgets.
Outfits encouraged! If nothing else this will be the best Christmas Party of the Year!

City Paper’s Year In Photos Opening Party
6PM – 9PMArea 405405 E Oliver St, Baltimore
Come to Area 405 to celebrate the work of City Paper’s photographers at our first Year in Photos exhibit. Works from CP Photo Editor J.M. Giordano, CP Photographer/Reporter Reginald Thomas II, and CP contributors Chrissy Abbott, Amanda Bowrosen, Carde Cornish, Brendan Fieldhouse, Audrey Gatewood, Tedd Henn, Megan Lloyd, Valerie Paulsgrove, E. Brady Robinson, Josh Sisk, and Josh Sinn, will be on display. Framed and matted prints will be for sale and additional prints will be available upon request.

Spice it UP! India meets Peru on a Dinner date!
6:30PM – 9:30PMThe Verandah on the Avenue in Hampden842 West 36th Street, Baltimore
Why not spice up Indian food even more by pairing it with Peruvian delicacies?
So we invited Marco Duenas, a self-taught artist with a passion for cooking. Originally from Peru, Marco is a longtime resident of Baltimore. He cooks to be connected to his roots and fill his soul. He is also the co-owner of La Loupe Design, specializing in wood and textile objects for the home.www.laloupedesign.com We will be serving a serving 3-course meal to highlight the striking resemblance in the two cuisines as well as their distinct individualities, highlighting the use of potatoes through the meal. BYOB if you prefer.

Winter Solstice Celebration in Druid Hill Park
7PM – 10PMDruid Hill Park Lake
Along the reservoir (near the Green Man sculpture and the Columbus statue)
Friends of Druid Hill Park’s Annual Winter Solstice Celebration. $5 suggested donation. The winter solstice marks the time of the year when the darkness begins to fade and the earth prepares for a new cycle of growth. Come and celebrate this important event in the calendar with the Friends of Druid Hill Park. We promise you a magical time. Join us at the Green Man Sculpture (along the Druid Hill Reservoir) for a roaring fire, free hay rides, special performance by a fire dancer, legends, and music all focused on the solstice. Create your very own “Winter Solstice Resolution,” write down a wish for the new year and burn it along with holly leaves in the blazing solstice fire. Oh – and some seasonal refreshments too! (hot chocolate and light refreshments included with $5 donation – beer/wine and additional food items will be available for purchase). Solstice Fire: 7:00 – 10:00 p.m., Winter Solstice Resolution: 7:00 – 10:00 p.m., Hay Rides: 7:30 – 10:00 p.m.,Fire meditation and movement with Maura, 7:30 to 8:00 pm, Fire Dance Performance: 8:00 – 9:00 p.m.

Winter Solstice in Patterson Park
6PM – 8PMPatterson ParkBaltimore, Maryland
We welcome you to a celebration of the Winter Solstice in the bull ring in Patterson Park. December 21st is the shortest day and the longest night of the year and is symbolic on so many levels. The solstice could mark the beginning of something bad — winter is when things die, it’s cold, people grow sluggish and depressed. At the root of many ancient winter solstice ceremonies is the fear that the failing light will never return unless humans intervene with anxious vigil or antic celebration. This year, more than ever, we need to insure that the light will return! We will invite the sun back into the darkness, celebrate the natural process, create warm bonds with our friends and neighbors and express gratitude for the earth, the moon and the sun.
How can you intervene with us and shine light, warmth and peace?
• Bring a candle or a lantern and send a flame of light into the new solar year.
• Join us in the healing power of song. Are you a musician or do you know a musician? Bring your instrument, bring your voice and lead us in a lively round of “We wish you a Merry Solstice!”
• Bring sprigs of Mistletoe or Holly, both believed to hold magical powers because they can survive the winter months, and share them with your neighbors.
• Bring bells and noise makers! Each celebrant will be invited to express a wish for the planet for the coming year. After each one speaks, we’ll all ring bells together in affirmation.
• Give us your ideas and we will try to incorporate them into a new tradition that brings more peace and heart into the season and brings us closer to family, friends and neighbors. We need each other.

108 Sun Salutations + Intention Setting
6:30PM – 9PM
Church + Co
1401 Light St, Baltimore, MD
Join Arrow for their annual Winter Solstice event. Gather with your community in a candle lit setting to move and manifest. Begin the evening with powerful practice of 108 sun salutations led by Dani Yarusso. Afterwards enjoy making your own intention box that will be your “Solstice Start up Kit” to help you manifest all of your dreams through out the year. Mingle while munching on vegan and plant based holiday cookies as well as a spiked hot chocolate. $45 for your ticket includes: practice, snacks, drinks, intention box. BYOM. Winter solstice is the perfect start to your new year. Reflect on where you have been and connect to what you want to create in your life moving forward. Today is the most powerful day of the year to manifest your hearts desires. What are your goals for this next season? We will provide all of the tools to help you get clear and get started.Buy Tickets Here

2-For-1 Wednesday Happy Hour
5PM – 7PMHorseshoe Casino Baltimore1525 Russell St, Baltimore
There’s no better way to get over Hump Day than with Buy One Get One Tacos, Margaritas, Drafts, House Wine & Well Drinks! Join our Johnny Sánchez staff on Wednesday, December 21st and experience the happy hour that everyone is raving about. Don’t let your work week get in the way of tasty cocktails and great eats!

French Four Course Wine Dinner
7PM – 10PMMarie Louise Bistro904 N Charles St, Baltimore
Join us December 21st at 7PM for a four course wine dinner. We will be featuring French wines from Elite Wine Company to compliment each course! Only 15 spots available!

Artists Compound Meet & Greet: Create, Connect, Conquer
7PM – 10PMHotel RL Baltimore Inner Harbor by Red Lion207 E Redwood St, BaltimoreArtists Compound LLC is a team of dedicated professionals striving to assist creative souls from all genres reach their goals. Artists Compound is a central location that strives to not only assist the indiviual artists but also the community as well through our desire for community outreach. On December 21st come and join us for an artist meet and greet + gallery opening reception + cocktail hour + informative speakers and small performances such on the Living Stage.

4 Hours of Sad
8PM – 12:30AMThe Crown1910 N Charles St, Baltimore
This event is a benefit show for The Bell Foundry, all proceeds will go to Bell. $7
DJ Station North SadBoi
Blacksage
Ghost Pop
Micah E. Wood
Owen Ross (Berlin, Germany)
Infinity Knives
Host: Butch Dawson
Come out to our event 4 hours of sad. Spend 4 hours being sad with others. There is something therapeutic about hearing other people’s pain and feeling not alone in this world. This week is end of December when Seasonal Depression is at peak. Let’s band together and get through this while having fun and partying together.

Steve Hung
9PM – 12AMRye Fells Point1639 Thames St, Baltimore
Steve Hung is the latest addition to Baltimore’s music scene, with his recent transition from Austin, TX, dubbed “The Live Music Capital of the World.” He got his start at age 18, playing open mic at the legendary folk venue Cactus Café (Janis Joplin, Abra More, Lyle Lovett, Robert Earl Keen), soaking up the various sounds of Americana that permeate the Austin music scene. Steve quickly gained a reputation as “a killer guitar player” and “a Cactus favorite.”
Like other Texas musicians such as Stevie Ray Vaughan and ZZ Top, Steve fuses blues riffs and licks into his guitar playing as well as playing folk and other forms of Americana music. However, over the years, Steve has broadened his musical vocabulary to incorporate Chet Atkins-style guitarwork, Jazz chordal flavoring, and the sensitivity of Spanish/Classical guitar, something he picked up recently while living in Baltimore

The Reindeer Romp in Baltimore at Power Plant Live!
6PM – 2AMPOWER PLANT LIVE!34 Market Pl, Baltimore
It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year – For A Beer at the season’s favorite bar crawl. Be sure to come out with your family, friends, and co-workers for the Reindeer Romp at Power Plant Live! The night will include great drink specials and complimentary pair of antlers (or a Santa Hat!) for you to wear while you romp from bar to bar – and all in the name of charity! RSVP to let us know you are coming or purchase in advance. Enjoy $3, $4, $5 specials on beer, mixed drinks, wine, and Smirinoff Bombs!! Hang out with hundreds of new and old friends. Get there early, stay late – the event goes until 2am. Register Here

Cupcake Decorating Class: Christmas Theme
7:30PM – 9PMFlavor Cupcakery10253 York Rd, Cockeysville
One of our most popular classes! Flavor Cupcakery closes their door to the public and opens for our socialites! The head pastry chef will demonstrate techniques, skills and share some tricks of the trade. You’ll then get to jump in and test your own skills. After practicing, laughing and eating a little icing each socialite will get 4 cupcakes to decorate and take home! This month Flavor will be doing a special Christmas theme with the decorations, so you’ll create Rudolph, Santa’s hat, Snowman and a Christmas tree! They are so adorable and festive. PLUS, it’s BYOB so bring along your favorite beverage to enjoy.Buy Tickets Here

Union Old Pro Invitational
5PM – 8PMWorld of Beer – Baltimore1724 Whetstone Way, Baltimore
Come out and help us support Special Olympics Maryland at our Old Pro Putt Putt Invitational sponsored by UNION Craft Brewing. We are transforming our heated patio into a wacky putt putt course. Entry fee is $5 per golfer which all goes to Special Olympics Maryland with the winner receiving a growler of any union beer on draft to take home! So come out and put your putt putt skills to the test while enjoying some great beer brewed right here in Baltimore!!!

Ugly Christmas Sweater Party/Food Drive
8PM – 2AMSouthern Provisions3000 O’Donnell Street, Baltimore
Southern Provisions is throwing an ugly christmas sweater food drive shindig! We have live music provided by Honey Extractor and 3 Olive bomb specials all night! If you bring non-perishable items you will recieve a raffle ticket to win one of 3 prizes. Something from Red Bull, 3 Olives, or the big prize of the night $100 off your drink tab on Southern Provisions. Help us help someone else this holiday season and come down to SoPro!

Weisenbock Tapping Party
6PM – 10PMGordon Biersch Baltimore1000 Lancaster St, Baltimore
Just in time for the holidays, our much-loved Weisenbock is back after a two-year absence! This beer is similar to our Hefeweisen, but richer, darker and smoother. As always, we’ll be supporting a local charity with proceeds from our Wooden Keg!

Boister Annual Solstice Concert
7:30PM – 9PMAn die Musik409 N Charles St, Baltimore
Annie Watts, accordion, piano, vocals
Chas Marsh, bass
Craig Considine, trombone, vocals
Lyle Kissack, drums, vocals
Warren Boes, guitar
Jim Hannah, drums, percussion
Glenn Workman, keyboards
John Dierker, bass clarinet, saxes
Lawrence Bertoldi, sound production
Baltimore’s own Boister returns for its annual Solstice concert. Baltimore City Paper describes the group as “devastating [and] refreshingly radical,” and awarded Watts Best Pop Composer in 2014. The band’s new album, Cast A Net, was recorded down the street at Magpie Studios and is enjoying airplay in Europe and on the West Coast. For their appearance at An Die Musik, frontwoman Anne Watts and the band will be cooking up boisterous spins on holiday favorites from Eartha Kitt to Ray Conniff. Expect Christmas cookies and Boister’s back catalogue offered up in the spirit of peace and good times. Tickets: $17 in advance/$20 at door/$10 full-time students with ID

ArtsCentric’s “Sincerely, Holidays!”
7:30PM – ?The Motor House120 W North Ave, Baltimore
Sincerely, Holidays is an infusion of two original ArtsCentric shows, “Sincerely, Me” and “Sincerely, MeN!” Performed by a cast of six women, “Sincerely Me…Our Lives, Our Songs, Our Stories”, celebrates the music of African-American women and it’s place in the evolution of culture. The show is laced throughout with the testimonials of real women whose lives were narrated and touched by this music. Likewise, “Sincerely, MeN!” is a musical revue celebrating African-American male artists from the 50s to the 90s. With “Sincerely Holidays” both cast join together, in this new ArtsCentric original, to spread the joy of the holiday season. From spirituals to contemporary Gospel and everything in between you can expect rousing groups numbers, charming duets, soulful solos, and even a little friendly competition.

Simone Baron & Loucas Asbly
9PM – 12AMRye Fells Point1639 Thames St, Baltimore
Known for her fiery and charismatic presence, Simone Baron’s innovative programming spanning her own works as well as the traditional and modern repertoire have led her to perform internationally throughout Europe, Israel and North America, appearing as a soloist and chamber musician in venues ranging from Carnegie Hall (New York), Targ Hall (Jerusalem), Centro Pitigaliani (Rome), and Washington DC’s Kennedy Center, Hirshhorn Museum, and Wolf Trap.In frequent demand as a classical, jazz and world music pianist, accordionist, conductor, arranger and composer locally and internationally, her unique voice and re-imagination of the accordion’s possibilities has opened the door to many intra-genre collaborations with dancers, actors, puppeteers, visual and performance artists. Recently an artist in residence at the Banff Arts Centre and a composer in residence at the Eugene O Neill Theatre Centre, she is currently a 2016-2017 Artist in Residence at the Strathmore Arts Center in Bethesda, MD.

Camp Adventure
8PM – 10PMZissimos Bar1023 W 36th St, Baltimore
Acts: Silversmith, Thankzgiving 2007, Scrapple, Glitterati, Devin Greene. Host: Devin Greene
We’re thrilled to present Camp Adventure, a night for the wild ones! We’ll showcase some of the most exciting acts we can get in this monthly show. We’re kicking it off with standup from host Devin Greene, then we’ll dive into the improv with Bmore indie troupes Glitterati and Scrapple. After the break, we’ll follow the trail of DC’s Thankzgiving 2007…and finally, we’ll go over the falls with house team Silversmith!
Tickets: $5 cash at the door, or online up until 7:30 PM the day of the show.
Presented upstairs at Zissimos Bar by Charm City Comedy Project.

Sidebar Holiday Party
3PM – 1AMThe Sidebar218 E Lexington St, Baltimore
There will be food and drinks and karaoke and Michael Mack, I mean what more do you need. You know the deal.

Livengood Project At Club Reverb
8PM – 2AM
Club Reverb
2112 N Charles St, Baltimore
Doors open at 8:00PM. $7 admission. Music starts at 9:00PM with an acoustic opening performance by Baltimore recording artist, Will Simms. Next, the debut of Livengood Project, featuring Frank Mitchell of DC’s Three Man Soul Machine on saxophone, Chris Dopkin on bass guitar, Jeff Gardner on Drums and Rich Livengood on guitar and vocals. There may even be a special, surprise guest performance or two!

Festivus Celebration at Boiler Room
8PM – 11PMBoiler Room Baltimore27 E Cross St, Baltimore
Attention all Seinfeld fans: This Friday we present A Festivus celebration at Boiler Room. $2 Boh drafts, special cocktail and beer + shot menu, Natty Boh Giveaways, Seinfeld themed pot luck (e-mail cortland@boilerroombaltimore.com with what dish you would like to bring). You bring a pot luck dish, you get two free drink tickets and enter to win in some awesome giveaways. Airing of Grievances will occur so bring all the family and friends you can. Party starts at 8 PM.

A Seriously Sicilian Christmas
4PM – 9PMCosima3000 Falls Rd, Baltimore
Join us on Christmas Eve to celebrate the evening with a unique Sicilian meal beyond the traditional Feast of the Seven Fishes (although there will be seafood!). Make your reservations now by calling 443.708.7352 or clicking here: http://bit.ly/2hknpgH.
$75 per person. Buon Natale!

Feast of the Seven Fishes
5PM – 10PMBirroteca1520 Clipper Road, Baltimore
The Feast of the Seven Fishes is part of the Italian-American Christmas Eve celebration, although it’s not called by this name in Italy and is not a “feast” in the stricter sense of “holiday,” but a grand meal. Strictly speaking, Christmas Eve is a vigil or fasting day, and the abundance of seafood reflects the tradition of abstinence from red meat until the actual feast of Christmas Day itself. We are doing The Feast of Seven Fishes here at Birroteca Baltimore for the first time this year, and we would love all of you to join us in the celebration of everything seafood! We will be serving in addition to our regular menu a prefixed menu of seven seafood courses for $45 per person. Make your reservations on OpenTable.